HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 109-2003RESOLUTION NO. 109-2003
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION TO REAPPLY FOR REISSUANCE OF ITS
MUNICIPAL STORMWATER NATIONAL POLLUTANT
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT AND TO
ACCEPT AND ADOPT THE SAN MATEO COUNTYWIDE
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 2004-2009
WHEREAS, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to the 1987
Federal Clean Water Act, imposed regulations that mandate local govermnents reduce to the
maximum extent practicable the amount of pollutants in stormwater discharged from municipal
storm drain conveyance systems; and
WHEREAS, The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board's Water
Quality Control Plan specifically requires that all of the municipalities in San Mateo County
have municipal stormwater NPDES permit coverage; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act, the
State Water Resources Control Board and its regional boards have been delegated the authority
to adopt NPDES permits and waste discharge requirements for municipal stormwater
discharges; and
WHEREAS, in July 1991, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
notified all of the municipalities in San Mateo County of the requirement to submit an NPDES
Permit Application by November 30, 1992; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of the City/County Association of Governments
(C/CAG), all of the municipalities in San Mateo County submitted an NPDES permit
application, including a Stormwater Management Plan, which met the San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board's requirements; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a
municipal stormwater NPDES permit CA0029921 and Waste Discharge Requirements for all of
the municipalities in San Mateo County on September 15, 1993, which remained in effect for
five years; and
WHEREAS, the adopted NPDES permit requires that all of the municipalities in San
Mateo County reapply for re-issuance of their municipal stormwater NPDES permit by March
18, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program's
Technical Advisory Committee prepared a new San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management
Plan for the period from July 1998 through June 2003 and compiled other information needed to
reapply for NPDES permit re-issuance; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of the City/County Association of Governments
(C/CAG), all of the municipalities in San Mateo County submitted an NPDES permit renewal
application, including a Stormwater Management Plan, which met the San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board's requirements; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a
renewed municipal stormwater NPDES permit CA0029921 and Waste Discharge Requirements
for all municipalities in San Mateo County on July 21, 1999, which remained in effect for five
years; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board reopened the
existing municipal stormwater NPDES permit CA0029921 and Wastewater Discharge
Requirements for all municipalities in San Mateo County to include revised new development
and erosion control language and adopted the revised municipal stormwater NPDES permit
CA0029921 on July 21, 2003; and
WHEREAS, the adopted renewed NPDES permit requires that all of the municipalities in
San Mateo County again reapply for re-issuance of their municipal stormwater NPDES permit by
January 23, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program's
Technical Advisory Committee prepared a new San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management
Plan for the period of July 2004 through June 2009 and compiled other information needed to
reapply for NPDES permit re-issuance; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan 2004-2009
represents mainly a continuation of the stormwater pollution prevention and control activities
and costs that are currently being implemented: and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco has held a public meeting about application
for re-issuance of the NPDES permit, including the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater
Management Plan, 2004-2009; and after the public hearing, the City Council resolves the
following:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that:
The City of South San Francisco hereby agrees to reapply to the San
Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board for re-issuance of
the municipal stormwater NPDES permit to discharge water from the
municipally owned storm drain system, and
The City of South San Francisco accepts, adopts, and commits to
implement the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan
2004-2009 and requests that the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Program's (STOPPP) NPDES Coordinator submit
this plan to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
as part of the reapplication for NPDES permit re-issuance, and
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The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to
the City/County Association of Governments' Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Program NPDES Coordinator.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by
the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 10th day of
December 2003 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Joseph A. Fernekes, Richard A. Garbarino, and Pedro Gonzalez,
Vice Mayor Raymond L. Green, and Mayor Karyl Matsumoto
None.
None.
None.
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk